Chapter 1128: Chapter 1128: A Loop

The moment Zen decided to face the ogre warrior's hammer head-on, a lot of people thought that he had lost his mind.

Because essentially, in a situation such as this one, the odds of winning were completely against a Soul Sea Realm warrior.

In the general run of things, when human warriors engaged in battle with ogres, they would opt to think of something else and would in no way face the enemies head-on.

That being said, at this moment, a strand of cold light manifested on Zen's Thunder Wind Divine Sword all of a sudden. And at the same time, an immeasurable amount of malicious aura began gushing out from his body.

In just a few seconds, an unstable malicious aura spread out, effortlessly keeping the Ancient Evil Ape's aura that the ogre warrior emitted in check. Not long after, everyone watched as Zen slashed his five-foot-long sword down on the giant hammer.

Boom!

At the point of impact between the long sword and the giant hammer, the only thing the crowd could hear was a somewhat muffled sound. It was in no way clear whatsoever.

The next scene they witnessed left everyone watching from the sidelines utterly dumbfounded.

The Earth Law which had been enveloping the dark golden giant hammer had just gotten shattered by Zen's sword with such ease.

From the looks of it, the slash from Zen's sword came out with a relentless force, splitting the giant hammer in half without difficulty.

It was worth mentioning that the ogre warrior's hammer had already been infused with his full power. If it were in the Lower World, even a continent would collapse from that mighty hammer strike.

Be that as it may, Zen wasn't the slightest bit fazed. Quite the opposite, at the swing of his sword, it gave the impression that the giant hammer was made of tofu from the way that it had been split into two, ending up in such an unthinkable form. On top of all that, one more thing that had been cut in that same moment was the body of the ogre warrior himself.

It should be pointed out that the ogre warrior, in no way, underestimated Zen's capabilities.

What happened with Zen and the other two ogre warriors in the Endless Abyss was still vivid in everyone's mind. By now, they probably would've realized already how they should not be writing Zen off just because he was still at the early stage of the Soul Sea Realm. In silence, each of them thought that they should keep a watchful eye on him.

In any case, the ogre warrior had taken the initiative just now, given the fact he actually thought highly of Zen as his opponent. That was also the main reason why he let out his bloodline's power during the battle. What he had in mind was that he needed to give Zen a lethal blow the second he came into contact with the ground.

Unfortunately for him, there was just no way he could've known that Zen would end up using quite an intimidating method such as using his sword to directly clash with his own giant hammer.

Apart from that, he never could've possibly thought that the power expelled by Zen's sword would be so far beyond what he had expected it to be.

Puff!

And just like that, a mountain-like body along with a ten-foot-long giant hammer had been split in half by Zen. A bone-chilling amount of blood gushed out in all directions. Most of the warriors made use of their life vitality to cover themselves, protecting them from the blood that was spurting towards them. 𝔯ÁƝօβΕş

Zen held his sword horizontally. The blade of the sword quivered and the blood on it vanished in an instant. After that, he gently moved his hand and pointed the sword toward his own finger. The long sword proceeded to go into his space ring.

From within the Sumeru Space, Zen had been utilizing a place to serve as his weapon storage area. He had actually constructed a row of sword racks that held sword-type weapons in particular. So, when the Thunder Wind Divine Sword went into the Sumeru Space, it directly perched itself on one of the sword racks.

“Ancient Evil Ape bloodline? Meh!” Shooting the lifeless body of the ogre a quick glance, Zen stretched out his arm to reach for his space ring. He forcibly removed his spiritual mark and poured out all of the items stored inside it.

A warrior's space ring tended to contain a lot of various items.

After picking up the icy lotus from all of the cluttered items spread out on the ground, Zen didn't even bother paying attention to anything else. Most importantly, he didn't so much as bother paying any attention to the hundreds of life vitality jades lying on the ground.

With the icy lotus in his hand, he approached Freya and told her, “Next time, if you come across a situation such as this one, try not to fight back. You should just ask me to lend you a hand.”

Freya was in a state of euphoria at the moment. In her eyes, Zen had the appearance of a superhero. Just how many people would be willing to do something for others? Probably not a lot.

She understood full well how genuine Zen's words were.

From the moment he grabbed the space ring to the point when he picked up the icy lotus, Zen was perfectly laid-back, keeping his guard lowered down.

The other warriors who had intended to gang up on him before had been caught completely off-guard, simply keeping silent as they watched him move.

In spite of the fact that they had been planning to come at Zen all at the same time, they couldn't gather the courage to pull it off. As they marveled at the lifeless remains of the ogre warrior, they could already tell what the outcome was going to be if they were to raise arms against Zen. The strength this guy possessed was comparable to that of a devil, and these people, who were merely at the Spirit Supreme Realm, wouldn't even be worth mentioning before Zen. Deep inside, a few of those warriors couldn't help but feel an immense fear.

With regards to the other ogre warriors, their hearts had obviously been brimming with so much anger after they witnessed how Zen had completely disgraced their companion by throwing the items he had within his space ring all over the ground. Out of all races, the ogre warriors could probably be considered as the most prideful one. If they could bring honor to their race, they would have no qualms about putting their lives on the line. Meeting their death while standing on the battlefield would even be a great honor.

In spite of feeling that way deep in their hearts, at the moment, not a single one of them could muster up the courage to anger Zen. No one could even hold him responsible for anything.

“Let's go ahead. Refining this icy lotus should be of huge benefit to you,” Zen told Freya, letting out a soft smile before turning around and walking away.

Nodding her head in response, Freya stored the icy lotus in her space ring and proceeded to follow after Zen. As she walked by the remains of the ogre warrior, she saw up close what a mess was left all over the ground. In that pile, there were many rare and precious objects, and the hundreds of life vitality jades scattered all over was in no way a meager amount of wealth.

A tinge of hesitation crept onto her face. Considering that the ogre warrior had died at the hands of Zen, these items now technically belonged to him. So, wouldn't it be such a waste to leave them lying on the ground?

In any case, Zen didn't pick them up, so she opted not to take anything from it as well. That was the least she could do to make sure he didn't lose face.

After a moment of hesitation, she ended up deciding to let it go and simply continued walking behind Zen.

With the match reaching its conclusion, the warriors of the Demon Night along with the human race left as well.

As for the ogre warriors, they picked up the lifeless body of their own kind and gathered all of the things that had been left on the ground. It should go without saying that all of them had a despondent look on their faces.

“There's no way our Saint Lord will ever let this human brat go scot-free!”

“This human brat is bound to leave the underground palace at some point. When that time comes, our Saint Lord will most certainly put an end to him.”

“The Saint Lord is gonna help us get retribution!”

When they were finally done picking up the remains, they also headed out as well.

After making their way through the gusts of wind, the group drifted into the other side of the cave. Eventually, they made it back into the abyss.

Without thinking much of it, Zen just went ahead and jumped down.

Lavender had already mentioned to him before what the Endless Abyss was like.

If he were to keep on falling down this abyss, he would have a way to preserve his life and get his hands on precious treasures.

In truth, the Supreme Lord from remote ages actually even gave every single one of them an opportunity to turn back, bestowing all of them with a divine texture that would let them return to the entrance of the underground palace.

Following closely behind Zen, Freya promptly jumped down as well, with all of the other warriors behind her also following suit.

“It seems that the Endless Abyss really doesn't have a bottom. If we're falling down like this, then when is it going to stop?” Zen asked Lavender as they were falling.

With a faint smile creeping onto her face, Lavender replied, “Indeed, there is no bottom to the Endless Abyss. The reason for that is because the Supreme Lord from remote ages made use of a special technique to connect the top and bottom parts of the abyss. The truth is that it's actually just a loop.”

“A loop?” Zen was a bit taken aback.

“When you reach the bottom of this abyss, what happens is that you just return to the top, without even noticing it. You may be feeling like you're ceaselessly falling down, but in reality, you've only been spinning in a loop, giving you the impression that you are in an abyss without an end. Despite being warriors with exceptional capabilities, it was still impossible for any Supreme Lords to set up a bottomless abyss that would go against the limitations,” Lavender explained to Zen in great detail.

Nodding his head in response to what she said, Zen was finally able to wrap his head around the concept and find out more about the Endless Abyss.

“You might not have realized it yet, but after what you have been through so far, you've actually already completed one full lap around this loop. Of course, after that comes the second lap,” Lavender added.

“All in all, how many laps did you make back then?” Zen asked straightforwardly.

“Four laps. When I reached the fourth lap, the things I had to come face to face with became much too dangerous, so I had to give up,” Lavender flatly answered.

Despite merely being at the Spirit Supreme Realm at that point, Lavender had actually become a queen already. She was quite an honorable queen that she even held sway over the Supreme Lords of the Demon Night, so she by no means lacked any sort of resources. It was due to her being concerned of her own safety that she decided to just give up.

“However, you can't give up this time,” Lavender went on and added.